When I paint a portrait I want to know more than just the looks of the person. I want to know how they live and what their feelings are... It then becomes more than just physiognomy, but the feel of the person.
When I paint a portrait I want to know more than just the looks of the person. I want to know how they live and what their feelings are... It then be… - Jamie Wyeth
When I paint a portrait I want to know more than just the looks of the person. I want to know how they live and what their feelings are... It then be…
- Jamie Wyeth
Everything I paint is a portrait, whatever the subject. - Jamie Wyeth
Everything I paint is a portrait, whatever the subject.
Painting to me is constant searching. I can see what I want, but I can't get there, and yet you have to be open enough that if it goes another way, t… - Jamie Wyeth
Painting to me is constant searching. I can see what I want, but I can't get there, and yet you have to be open enough that if it goes another way, t…
Painting to me is addictive. These are moments when it is inspiring, but they are few and far between. I keep my tools sharpened for the moment when … - Jamie Wyeth
Painting to me is addictive. These are moments when it is inspiring, but they are few and far between. I keep my tools sharpened for the moment when …
When painting portraits a lot of people say, 'Why not get a photograph of the person?' Photography is wonderful and it is an art form in itself, but.… - Jamie Wyeth
When painting portraits a lot of people say, 'Why not get a photograph of the person?' Photography is wonderful and it is an art form in itself, but.…
The danger, I find, is that you can become too formulaic, like some commissioned portrait painters who develop a methodology. - Jamie Wyeth
The danger, I find, is that you can become too formulaic, like some commissioned portrait painters who develop a methodology.
Interesting is when one can produce a picture that is pretty, but with undercurrents. The metaphor that comes to mind is in the poems of Robert Frost. - Jamie Wyeth
Interesting is when one can produce a picture that is pretty, but with undercurrents. The metaphor that comes to mind is in the poems of Robert Frost.
Painting is as difficult as brain surgery. It's not that relaxing. But that's the discipline. - Jamie Wyeth
Painting is as difficult as brain surgery. It's not that relaxing. But that's the discipline.
My interest in painting is recording things. I think of myself as almost a documentary filmmaker... I've gotten into some curious situations. - Jamie Wyeth
My interest in painting is recording things. I think of myself as almost a documentary filmmaker... I've gotten into some curious situations.
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